Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-06-03

| right arm across his chest, elbow out.
ward, to protect his face as far as
| possible from injury in the coming
smash. He had not prepared him
self an instant too sooni At that
moment huge portmanteau came
crashing against the door-frame. and
a splash OF other luggage seemed to
fly past the window, followed by Il
cloul of dust and coal; then fierce
gust Of hot steam burst through the
| open window, covering them all for a
moment as il in q black cloud. The
Frenchman yelled out a fearful oath,
the bride uttered a piercing shrek,
and the schoolboy screamed and fran.
tically clutched Granard round the
body.
Scarcely had the stream covered
them when the carriage received a
tremendous blow on the right, which
turned it sharply over on its side. A
yard or two farther-with the car
riage being dragged unwillingly along
in this position-all was over; the
trains great momentum was used up,
and one OF the worlds most famous
expresses, which not ten seconds be-
fore had been plunging along full oil
| grace and power. at the rate of "a
mile n minute" lay wrecked and
stiled-a center ofdeath, suffering and
ruin.
| Granard had wedgcd himself so tight
| ly into his seat that when the carriage
was overturned he was not displaced,
the somnoent youth opposite was
thrown with great violence directly up
on Arthur Granard S right elbow, there.
by receiving q most pointed rebuke
| for his il-judged movement. Dazed
with sleep and mad with fright, this
worthy grabbed Granard by the
| throat and shouted Murder! Muir.
der!" in the widest manner, at the
same time doing his utmost to
strange his antagonist. Vow, Ora
nard was not particularly pugnacious
or prone to take offence, but Just then
he felt in no humor for being throt-
tied, and accordingly resented the liber.
! ty. Being of considerable strength
ton, (having the day before won
two-mie scullingrace at Blandecombe
regatta, for which he had been in
training some six weeks or more,
he was soon able to free himself from
bis fellow passengers too close en-
brace by gripping his arms just above
the elbows and crunching the muscles
there until the hands were powerless.
Then stepping across the carriage
and standing each loot on an arm
rest, he thrust him bodily through the
open window, now above them. On
being shown the door i'll this fashion,
p new idea seems to seize on
the elected one, for he scrambled
out and flung himself down to tire
ground as liza thousand mischiefs were
behind him. Had he broken limb in
his haste an enlightened jury would
probably have awarded him heavy
damages ''for injuries received in the
Long Houghton ACCIDENT" On look
ing down between his legs to see how
the Others We're faring, Granard noticed
that the Frenchman had already
wrigged out, while the poor little
| bride was huddled in the corner, with
her lubberly husband sprawling help
lessly upon her, apparently too un.
nerved to make any effort to get out.
| To see him SO filled Granard with in
dignant disgus5. In u moment he
reasoned to himself that the prin-
clple OF counter-rritatio need not be
confined in its application to mustard
| plaster, toothache tinctures, and such
like mute agents, but might we'll be
extended for cure OF mental paralysis
and nervelessness; that if, like cures
like, a hook might undo mischief
shock had caused. Acting on this
deduction, he grasped the hat-rails on
either side to maintain his balance,
| q o1r - ~ 81 -.
ed husband q sharp, decisive kick in
the back, shouting at the same time.
"Hand up that lady!"
The effect was instantaneous. He
grasped his partner with sudden ener-
ey and promptly passed her up to
Granard, who had meanwhile forced
open the door to allow more room for
her to get out. As he lifted her out,
and was in the act OF passing her down
to q gentleman on the ground, a
thought came suddenly into his mind
which brought his heart into his throat
and seemed to freeze his very blood.
| He remembered tho down express.
The down fast had not passed them
yet!
He saw with horror that nearly all
the passengers were now standing on
the down track He knew the wreck
must have fouled both iines What q
smash would follow if tie coming ex-
press should dash in upon them un-
checked! He knew it was already
overdue. Could it be stopped?
Oh, that it might be late enough to
give him time to try! He sprang for
ward with q wild absorbing energy.
| He knew that in the guards van
there should be bundle OF hags-red,
green and white--for use in emergen-
cles, and these, to be successful, he must
have. Rusliingp past the carriagein front
of the one he had leaped from, and
round the frame OF the luggage van
now lying across both lines complete
wreck-he came upon the guard. who,
strange to say, had escaped death,
and was then standlng-an arm brok-
en-, loot crushed and his face cut-in
the act OF handing his flags to an
elderly man of military hearing.
Granard waited Tor no instructions or
requests-he knew as we'll as any Of
fetal could tell him what was to be
done. and minutes were too precious
TO be wasted-but, snatching the flags
from the old gentleman with hastv
Give them to me. l can run fastest!'
he boundt d off up the line on his mo-
mentous errand.
The down train was not vet in
SIGHT There wac still a cbo,oo 80